User`s guide

2 Automation Interface
Running Code Composer Studio Software on Your Desktop
— Visibility
When you create a ticcs object , Embedded IDE Link CC starts CCS in the
background.
When CCS IDE is running in the background, it does not appear on your
desktop, in your task bar, or on the Application s page in the Task M anager.
It does appear as a process,
cc_app.exe,ontheProcesses tab in Microsoft
®
Windows T ask Manager.
You can ma ke the CCS ID E v isi ble with the function
visible.Thefunction
isvisible returns the status of the IDE—whether it is visible on your
desktop. To close the IDE when it is not visible and MATLAB software is not
running, use the Processes tab in Microsoft Windows Task Manager and
look for
cc_app.exe.
If a link to CCS IDE exists when you close CCS, the ap plication does not close.
Microsoft W i ndows softwa r e m oves it to the ba ckground (it b ecomes invisible).
Only after y ou clear all links to CCS IDE, or close MATLA B software, does
closing CCS IDE unload the application. You can see if CCS IDE is running in
the background by checking in the Microsoft Windows Task Manager. When
CCS IDE is running, the entry
cc_app.exe appears in the Image Name list
on the Processes tab.
When you close MATLAB software while CCS IDE is not visible, M ATLAB
software closes CCS if it started the IDE. This happens b ecause the operating
system treats CCS as a subprocess in MATLAB softw are when CCS is not
visible. Having MATLAB software close the invisible IDE when you close
MATLAB software prevents CCS from remaining open. Yo u do not need to
close it using Microsoft Windows Task Manager.
If CCS IDE is not visible when you open MATLAB software, closing M ATLA B
software leaves CCS IDE run nin g in an invisible state. MATLAB software
leaves CCS IDE in the visibility and operating state in which it finds it.
Running the Interactive Tutorial
You have the option of running this tutorial from the MATLAB software
command line or entering the functions as described in the following tutorial
sections.
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